Found Elite Chrome 100 in freezer after 5 years.

[kknox]

Bought 8 rolls of Elite Chrome 5 or 6 years ago. I have not shot a roll of slide film since 1976. Been shooting B&W, C41 & digital.

Kinda got away from the cost and slide projectors, when the kids were growing up. Loaded up the M5 tonight. Going to shoot a few rolls this month.

I see its also been out of production for a few years. I'm going to shoot it at box speed, unless any of you think otherwise. Lets see some of your photos.

 

[lukasdinohk]

I have a few rolls expired in 2002, still have three of them in my fridge now. I switched to shoot black & white most recent year, haven't been shooting positive for a while. Not too sure if they are still in good shape.

I took these shots at EI 80 (first shot at 64 or 50, maybe lower, can't remember) back in 2010, 8 years after the film expired. The first shot has a little bit of burning out in the sky area, probably because I over-exposed it too much, but colour still looks pretty good to me, and I have to say, this film is amazing.

 

[HHPhoto]

Bought 8 rolls of Elite Chrome 5 or 6 years ago. I have not shot a roll of slide film since 1976.

Then it is time to do it now!
Take a little time and read and enjoy this thread:
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=131962

Kinda got away from the cost and slide projectors,

Cost?
Color slide film is often even cheaper if you look at "the whole package":
With slide film you already have a finished picture which is ready to be viewed:
- you can hold it against the light and enjoy it
- even much better you can use a lighttable and an excellent slide loupe (e.g. from Rodenstock, Schneider-Kreiuznach or Peak) and can view it enlarged in excellent quality
- or for the best enjoyment you can project it in unsurpassed quality on a big screen (and here slide film is the most cost efficient option: a projected slide cost you much less than a buck, but a quality print of the same size, e.g. 1m x 1,5m cost you much more than 100 bucks!).

The developed slide film is a finished product to be viewed.

That is not possible with color negative film. Looking at a color negative is useless.
Color negatives have to printed, that's what they've be designed for.
But prints in very good quality do cost something.
If I look at the prices for quality prints here it is in 35 - 50 Cent range for a 10x15 cm or 13 x 18 cm print.

Adding up all these costs result in shooting slide film being cheaper than shooting color negative film with prints.

Now some of you may say I could use only development + scan, and viewing the pictures on a computer monitor.
But does that make sense from a quality standpoint for a filmshooter?
No, not at all.
Film is an excellent high quality high resolution medium. With scanning we loose lots of the detail of the film.
And viewing on a computer monitor further decreases the quality to a great extend: Resolution is down to a ridiculous low 1 - 2 MP, and color rendition and tonality cannot compete at all with a slide or a quality print (by the way, the same is valid for a digital shooter's workflow: paying lot of money for a 18, 24, 35 MP camera, and then only viewing the pictures on the 1-2 MP computer monitor is nonsense, too).

Have fun, enjoy your slides!

Cheers, Jan